# CVE-2020-10728: Privilege escalation in automationbroker/apb

> An attacker with container access can escalate privileges to root due to excessive sudo permissions, compromising data and system availability.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Aug 2022
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rw5w-rwv8-v6hf

## What is CVE-2020-10728?

CVE-2020-10728 is a high-severity vulnerability in automationbroker/apb, published on 16 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw was found in automationbroker/apb container in versions up to and including 2.0.4-1. This container grants all users sudoer permissions allowing an unauthorized user with access to the running container the ability to escalate their own privileges. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Weakness: CWE-269 (Improper Privilege Management), CWE-266 (Incorrect Privilege Assignment)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10728?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Automationbroker Apb.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-10728?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-10728 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-10728 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10728 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-10728 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-10728 is a high-severity vulnerability in automationbroker/apb, published on 16 Aug 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10728 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: automationbroker/apb. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10728/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10728/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10728
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10728
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10728

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10728/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.